1 Greco-Roman Rhetoric: The Canon and its History

Principles of Greco-Roman Forensic Rhetoric: The Canon

Medieval Rhetoric

Renaissance Rhetoric

English Neoclassical Rhetoric

Classical Rhetoric in Nineteenth-Century America

Classical Rhetoric in Twentieth-Century America

2 Greco-Roman Legal Analysis: The Topics of Invention

Dialectical ‘Proof ’and Rhetorical ‘Probability’

Factual Analysis

Topoi or Common Lines of Argument

Modern Approaches to the Topics of Invention

Similarities and Differences

3 Brief Rhetoric: The Organization of Argument

Classical Principles of Organization

4 Ethos, Pathos and Legal Audience

Emotion and Advocate Credibility

Greco-Roman Approaches to Persuasion

Greco-Roman Audiences

Emotion and Argument: Pathos

Emotion and the Character of the Judge

Emotion and Organization

Ethos and Lawyer Credibility

Ethos and Pathos: The Modem View

Similarities and Differences

5 Greco-Roman Analysis of Metaphoric Reasoning

Classical Approaches to Metaphor

Modern Analysis of Legal Metaphors

Modem Theories of Metaphoric Reasoning

Similarities and Differences

6 Greco-Roman Elements of Forensic Style

Classical Approach to Antithesis and Parallelism

Modem Approaches to Antithesis and Parallelism

Similarities and Differences

7 The Rhetoric of Dissent: A Greco-Roman Analysis

Limits of Dissent

United States v. Virginia: The Majority Opinion

Justice Scalia’s Dissent

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index